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NASA’s Artemis II SLS rocket returns to Launch Pad 39B for processing

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission arrived back at Launch Pad 39B on March 20, 2026, completing a round trip to the Vehicle Assembly Building that consumed nearly a month of the mission’s schedule.

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NASA's Artemis 2 moon rocket arrives back at the launch pad

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NASA to conduct Artemis rocket rollout in Florida. How to watch

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Here's how you can see NASA's SLS rocket before the Artemis II launch

NASA's Artemis II SLS rocket is visible on its Florida launch pad ahead of its mission.

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NASA's Artemis II SLS rocket rolls to launch pad ahead of liftoff

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NASA moves Artemis 2 rocket back to launch pad ahead of moon mission

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NASA’s Artemis II Rocket and Orion Spacecraft Return to the Launch Pad

The Artemis II crew — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen — will test life-support systems, spacecraft performance, and crew operations during the mission.

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Nasa readies Artemis rocket for launch ahead of first Moon mission in 50 years

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Artemis II rocket rolls out to KSC launch pad

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NASA announces major overhaul of Artemis moon program "to take down risk"

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced significant changes to the agency's Artemis program, which aims to land on the moon in 2028.

Florida’s slice of NASA’s Artemis pie nets thousands of jobs, billions of dollars each year

Taxpayers have spent more than $100 billion on the program across its various platforms, and its costs and continued delays have faced criticism that it’s not so much a space program as a jobs program.

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NASA selects Vulcan Centaur 5 as it fine tunes its space launch system for Artemis missions

NASA has selected United Launch Alliance’s Centaur 5 upper stage for two crewed Artemis missions planned for 2028. Here's the latest. (AP Photo)

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NASA targets April 1 as launch date for first human mission around the moon since 1972

NASA is aiming for an April 1 launch date for a mission that will send astronauts around the moon and back as part of its ambitious lunar landing program. Four astronauts will fly aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft,

As SpaceX prepares for Texas Starship launch, Gigabay rises in Florida

Ahead of the first launch from Florida, SpaceX's Gigabay is rising at Kennedy Space Center. The sight is visible to the public.

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NASA shakes up its Artemis program to speed up lunar return

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman announced sweeping changes to the Artemis program on Friday morning, including an increased cadence of missions and cancellation of an expensive rocket stage. The upheaval comes as NASA has struggled to fuel the massive ...